Discovery BoxRomans 4:18 
Context4:18 Against hope Abraham 1 believed 2 in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations 3 according to the pronouncement, 4 “so will your descendants be.” 5
Romans 15:23
Context15:23 But now there is nothing more to keep me 6 in these regions, and I have for many years desired 7 to come to you
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.
4 tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”
5 sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.
6 tn Grk “now no longer having a place…I have.”
7 tn Grk “but having a desire…for many years.”
